08/18/2026
Ransomware isn’t an IT inconvenience. It can shut your organization down.
Greenmark IT is sympathetic to any organization dealing with a ransomware attack. It is an awful situation to be in.
But we also need to say something that businesses and organizations need to hear:
Much of the damage from ransomware is preventable.
Greenmark IT has dealt with one major ransomware incident. We learned a great deal from it. Most importantly, we completely remediated the customer and had them 100% operational again in just 17 hours.
That kind of recovery doesn't happen by accident.
🛡️ Endpoint protection matters. Modern managed protection can detect suspicious behavior early enough to give us an opportunity to isolate a machine and stop an attack before ransomware spreads. Greenmark IT's managed endpoint protection starts at just $6/month per computer.
💾 Backups matter even more. Greenmark Cloud Backup protects files, databases, and complete machine images. When disaster strikes, our goal is an RTO (Recovery Time Objective) of under 24 hours—because having a backup isn't enough if restoring it takes days.
👥 Your employees are part of your security system. Phishing, malicious attachments, stolen credentials and social engineering remain common ways attackers get through the front door. User education is one of the cheapest and most effective layers of defense.
A municipal office affected by ransomware has now reportedly been offline since August 15, with the incident still unresolved.
Think about that from a business perspective:
How many businesses could shut their doors on August 15 and still be unable to operate normally several days later?
Ransomware is a legitimate threat. It doesn't care whether you're a municipality, a nonprofit, a five-person business or a company with hundreds of employees.
You may never be able to make yourself completely immune to an attack.
But you can make sure an attack doesn't become a catastrophe.
Protection. Backups. User education. A recovery plan.
The time to put those things in place is before you need them.
— Greenmark IT
